Display-cabinet.



n. LOOH NER, DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 18, 1911.

,014,158. Paten tedJan.9, 1912.

1% TQ MMI ATTORNEYS CDLUMBIA PLANOCIRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

DAVID LOCI'INER, OF WOODBURN', INDIANA.

DISPLAY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Application filed October 18, 1911. Serial No. 655,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID LooHNER, a-

citizen of the United States, residing at Woodburn, in the county ofAllen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Display-Cabinets,

efficient device for storing and displaying laces and other artlcleswhich may be wound upon spools, the latter being inclosed in the deviceand having a'novel means connected thereto by which the spools may berotated to wind or rewind the materials thereon.

The invention consists in the certain novel arrangement and combinationof parts as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings I illustrate one manner in which myinvention may be accomplished, in which- Figure 1 is an elevational viewof a cabinet constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, an interiorfractional view of the same illustrating the arrangement of spools andwinding mechanism and Fig. 3, an enlarged side view, partially insection showing one of the spools and the winding mechanism for thesame.

Referring to the drawings 1 is the cabinet which is built of anysuitable material and which may be cylindrical or formed of any numberof sides. The frame consists of r.. base 2, uprights 3 and top 4:, theuprights being suitably spaced laterally to form spaces between the samewithin which the spools 5 may be operative. The exterior siding 6 issecured to the uprights 3, and may be paneled, as shown in Fig. 1, forappearance sake. The siding 6 is provided with any desirable number ofopenings or slots 7, which are arranged in a plurality of verticalcolumns according to the number of spools 5 with which the cabinet is tobe provided. To the inner face of each upright- 3 is fixed a pluralityof brackets 8, the brackets being spaced according to the verticalarrangement of openings 7 and being located a suitable distance belowthe respective openings. Each bracket is a U in form, the two arms orwings 8 projecting outwardly from the upright. .Each arm or wing of eachbracket is perforated to form a bearing for spindle 9 on one end of thead- 'are secured jacent spool 5. Between each wing 8' and the adjacentface of the spool is a suitable bushing or packing 9 which slips overthe spindle 9. This bushing is preferably of felt, which furnishes adesirable friction between the spool and its hearings to prevent unduerotation of the same in operation.

pin 5 on the spool serves to hold the lace or other article to the spooltherebyenabling the user to insert the article through opening 7 fromthe exterior and catch the article on the pin and this beingaccomplished without opening up the cabinet. The spindles on thecorresponding ends of the spools in eachvertical group are provided withbevel gears 10. Adjacent each vertical group of said gears is revolublymounted a vertical shaft 11, suitable brackets 12, which to uprightserving to support the shaft. On this shaft are keyed gears 13 which areslidable on the shaft, there being one such gear for each spool 5 andthe gear being adapted, when elevated, to mesh with the associated gear10. Gears 13are normally held out of mesh with gears 10 by springs 14which encircle shaft 11 between the respective brackets 12 and theadjacent gear 13. Beneath each gear 13 is a suitable cam 15, forelevating the gear into mesh with the associated gear 10. In thedrawings this cam consists of a rod 14' bent upon itself to form a camsurface 15 beneath the gear 13, the rod projecting through an opening 16in the upright 3 and side of the cabinet to the exterior, the outerextremity of the rod being provided with a suitable handle or grip 17 bywhich the rod may be reciprocated to draw the cam portion of the sameinto contact with the lower surface of the gear 13 thereby causing thegear to slide upwardly. At a suitable point on shaft 11 is fixed a bevelgear 18 and meshing with said gear is another gear 18 which is mountedon a revoluble shaft 19. Shaft 19 passes through an opening 20 in theupright 8 and the side of the cabinet to the exterior, the outerextremity thereof having a crank 21 by which the shaft 19 and gear 18'may be rotated to cause shaft 11 to rotate. Any number of spools may bearranged in each vertical row, each spool being equipped with a gearwhich is adapted to mesh with a slidable gear on a common shaft.

The operation of my device is simple. The lace or other material iswound on the spools, the free ends thereof protruding through openings 7to the exterior of the cabinet.

The user may unwind any one of the spools 1 at will and to restore orrewind the material onto the spool he first draws outwardly the causingthe gear to slide on the shaft 11 into mesh with gear 10 which issecured to the selected spool 5. He then rotates crank2ljf therebyrotating shaft 11 and gears 13 and 10 and alsothe spool, which rotationof the spool winds the material up on the same.

It is apparent that any one or more of the spools in a vertical row maybe operated independently of the remainder, and this by rotating asingle crank and shaft after con necting to the shaft such spool orspools as may be desired.

What I claim is:

1. The combination in a device of the class described of a plurality ofspools revolubly 'mounted in a row, a revolubly mounted shaft adjacentthe spools, means to rotate the shaft, means to independently connectthe shaft and spools whereby by the rotation of the shaft one or more ofthe spools may be rotated independently of the others.

2. The combination in a display cabinet of of the others.

3. In a display cabinet the combination of a plurality of spoolsrevolubly mounted in a column, a gear on one end of each spool, a

revolubly mounted shaft, means to rotate the shaft, av plurality ofgears slidablysecured to the shaft and adapted to mesh with therespective spool gears but normally separated therefrom and a cam forand adjacent each sliding gear and independently operative to move thesliding gears into mesh with the associated spool gears independently ofeach other, whereby one or more of the spools may be rotated by theshaft independently of the others.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 16th dayof October,1911.

DAVID LOOHNER. Witnesses: v ELWIN W. HULsE, HELEN F. GLENN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

